Grants

• North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro received a $254,500 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a program aimed at increasing the number of black students in the field of journalism.

• South Carolina State University, the historically black educational institution in Orangeburg, received a $359,207 grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The funds will be used to launch a minor degree program in international business.

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